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Disc No: AV 2327
Price: Sek. 155 At the heart of the album is Handel Variations by Brahms, a grand master of the art form. The four shorter Piano Variations on this recording are by major composers of the late 20th and early 21st century: Oliver Knussen, Luciano Berio, George Benjamin and Peter Lieberson. Each composition is a piece of great beauty but with results that are strikingly diverse.
Name: Variations
 

       

ComposerOpusMusicKey Performer
Knussen, Oliver (b.1952) Op.24 Variations   Benjamin Hochman, piano
Berio, Luciano (1925–2003)   Cinque Variazioni  
Benjamin, George (b.1960)   Meditation on Haydn’s Name  
Lieberson, Peter (1946–2011)   Piano Variations  
Brahms, Johannes (1833–1897) Op.24 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel  

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